How does your media product represent particular social groups?

For our media product we represented each character to be quite stereotypical with some connotations. For the victim, we made them to be a she to be the “damsel in distress” which is a typical thriller convention. Morgan, who was the actor for this, was small in her frame size which makes her look vulnerable as well. We made her wear everyday clothing to make it look like when she was kidnapped randomly. The red nail varnish which you see when there is a close up of her hands could have connotations of danger which also links to the innocent by passer is in a red coat which could have similar connotations to the danger and it’s a coincidental colouring that the innocent by passer could have worn.

The two lads that dump the body were in dull clothing and had stiff movements to make them seem like robots as they are getting on with a job. They are also in a lot of shadows and you don’t really see much about their facial features so there wouldn’t be much to recognise them by. There is a lot of secrecy and they are hidden quite well. Most of the camera shots are done from behind them lads so all you see is their backs. Whether they are involved in the crime or whether they have been paid to dump this body is unanswered for this. Do you see the killer? Are they the two lads? Or is it someone else? These are the questions that we hoped would be asked by the audience when they see this opening when they see these characters. The innocent by passer that comes across the body we wanted in just plain clothes as if she was just walking past going to meet somebody, or just going for a walk. We didn’t want anything to unfold as to why she was there.